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Originally Posted by Wylie's Mom  This does not surprise me, unfortunately.
During vet school (and after too, btw, at all vet conferences), Hill's spends a FORTUNE on selling to and catering to vet students and vets. It's *exactly* what pharma and medical-bio-tech companies do with our human doctors - same thing.
I would always be highly suspicious of any vet who actually pushes Hills on you. When people push and sell - there is usually a reason behind it that is not rooted in integrity.
That said, there are times when I think Hills/SD can be appropriate for certain health issues. But beyond that, I can't show my support to a company who conducts themselves just like big pharma. Especially when there are soooo many wonderful pet foods out there that don't support this kind of business practice with vets! Save
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Techs and Vets have to have a certain amount of hours logged each year for continued education like going to seminars and stuff and Hills has many of these so its easier to find and do it with them then with others. But my instructor said you would be extremely surprised with how awesome their facilities are in fact she will be out of town this week at one of those conference seminar things and we are having our lab instructor fill in for the lecture part. I also have noticed a lot of vets are switching to Royal Canin over hills because it more palatable, my vet only has Royal Canin. The amount of research that Royal Canin, Hills and even Purina put into their foods is amazing. I trust them over other company's any day. Their is a certain amount of nutrition they do go over in school its just not to the extent of say an animal nutritionist.